Kathrin Lenz

Working towards a real circular economy

Greater Hamburg Area

About

Experience

  • Project Manager Circular Solutions at Sykell
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Project Manager Circular Economy / Supply Chain & Sustainability Manager at SEA ME GmbH
    Apr 2022 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    SEA ME has developed reusable and recyclable packaging for personal & home care products, circulating in a deposit based reuse system called 'zerooo' while using existing take-back retail infrastructure, and offers it as a service to other brands that look for sustainable alternatives to their single-use packaging. I had the opportunity to support the SEA ME team and its circularity vision with • leading 2 year funded RnD project in cooperation with circular resource experts of the CREM institute (Hamburg Technical University). • developing innovative reusable and recyclable plastic packaging solution from prototype to market launch and reuse system for personal & home care products and to start of serial production. • Involving stakeholder groups along the reuse system value chain, i.a. brands, retail, drugstores, plastic packaging producers, cleaning services, recyclers. • Interpretation of life-cycle assessment by CREM experts following ISO standard reviewed by external critical review panel

  • Co-Founder at Liekedeeler Hamburg GmbH
    Dec 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Liekedeeler is low german and translates to "sharing equally" and further more "sharing with friends". We want to actively live this motto. Therefore we share quality food produced in Hamburg and the region with all Hamburg citizens. Fresh and processed foods of high quality, that contribute to the wellbeing of us, our regional farmers & food producers as well as our planet. We are striving for discovering and facilitating distribution of all the quality food produce our region has to offer. At the same time creating opportunities for exchange between producer and consumer, to listen and learn about realities and demands of each other. All serving a deeper understanding, validation and support for food that nourishes us and the people who produce it.

  • Project Assistant - Circular Packaging and Sustainability at blattfrisch GmbH
    Apr 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Assisting blattfrisch - producer of nourishing organic meals to-go - in the switch from single-use packaging to reusable packaging. Building a network and alliances with other businesses and institutions using or developing reusable packaging. Working together on finding sustainable solutions and the development of necessary infrastructure (take-back, transport, cleaning, redistributing) in order to push forward a sustainable ecosystem for reusable packaging ("Mehrweg-Ökosystem").

  • Sales And Service Agent at cirplus
    Feb 2020 - Apr 2020 · 3 mos

    cirplus is developing the global online marketplace for recycled plastics. A marketplace that is easy to use, transparent and independent, connecting waste owners, recycler and converter.